Before Cassini arrived at the Saturn system, planetary explorers had only hints that something interesting might be happening at Enceladus. Now our Enceladus discoveries have changed the direction of planetary science.

Image of Saturn-rings

N00203596.jpg was taken on 2013-03-05 06:22 (UTC) and received on Earth 2013-03-05 19:19 (UTC). The camera was pointing toward Saturn-rings, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System